Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

10,000 metres

at the VI Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for Speed skating

Venue

Dates

February 19

Competitors

30 from 12 nations

Winning time

16:45.8

Medalists

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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The 10,000-metre speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 19, 1952, at 10 a.m..

Thirty speed skaters from 12 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hjalmar Andersen Norway	Kees Broekman Netherlands	Carl-Erik Asplund Sweden

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record	16:32.6(*)	Hjalmar Andersen	Hamar (NOR)	February 10, 1952
Olympic Record	17:24.3	Ivar Ballangrud	Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)	February 14, 1936

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

Four speed skaters were faster than the standing Olympic record. Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 16:45.8 minutes.

Yoshiyasu Gomi fell once and Egbert van 't Oever fell twice. Ingar Nordlund and Johnny Werket gave up.

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